russia condemns israel alleged air strike on a syrian military research center near damascus which leaves two people dead that's why the west remained silent on the issue. concerns grow over the human cost the french led military operation in mali amid a lack of information on civilian casualties and reports of government atrocities. and the british government raises twice as many taxes as a cots as a new study shows how it's shelling out billions in revenues from people's pockets . it's three pm here in moscow you're watching aren't you live with me and he said now our top story this hour syria claims israel has carried out

a deadly bombing raid on its territory destroying a military research center near damascus and it denies claims the attack targeted a weapons convoy near the lebanese border it's the first time in decades that israel has launched an attack on another state not in response to military action israel and most western powers are keeping silent on the incident which is sparse condemnation from russia artie's paul this leader has more. if indeed this israeli military strike inside syria is concerned moscow has condemned it in the strongest possible terms saying that it was unprovoked and it was a strike against a sovereign state that is in violation of international law and is unacceptable now what we understand is that israeli warplanes bombed and this is according to syrian sources a military research same town outside damascus where at least two sites workers were killed now there are some reports also suggesting that the war planes bombed a convoy of weapons that were making their way from syria to lebanon image of the

to on his beloved now the syrians have denied this now we are hearing from an unnamed american official that quiet to this incident television had in fact in food washington that it was planning a military attack inside syria there is the opinion that this attack could come sunday days military forces inside syria against a common enemy namely israel and that it will merely bring them closer together and divert them away from fighting each other running stayed in their forces against israel israel for its side has declined to comment on the whole incident. closely here is of course keeping a close eye on developments around the israeli bombing in syria and is posting all the latest updates on her twitter feed don't forget to check that out during the day. the arab league has described israel's strike on syria as flagrant aggression and a glaring violation of the country's sovereignty. editor of pan-african newswire says

the attack on syria is all part of a plan to bring down the government. it's quite interesting that the israeli government as well as the united states has not officially responded to this provocation against syria so it is inevitably a situation in which they are opening up a nother front in the war against the government of by bashar al assad part and parcel of a broader strategy part of that strategy of course has been a deployment of patriot missiles in turkey which is also a nato country on the border with syria and then of course with the airstrikes this is designed to create a sense have been circling in regard to the syrian government i think that the syrian government and those who are want are seeking a negotiated political settlement to this crisis you know very well that this is only designed to weaken the syrian government and that it will not be successful because in the lower term on the ground the syrian government has maintained the

military initiative against the various a rebel organizations who have been funded now for nearly two years to work havoc in south of the country in an attempt to overthrow the government of bashar al assad now while israel is accused of intervening in the syrian conflict there are also claims of trying to influence u.s. cabinet nominations as the u.s. senate prepares to decide whether to talk hagel will become the new defense secretary later this hour we'll look at why his candidacy is annoying as well and bob yes. now our team has secured exclusive images allegedly selling atrocities by france backed government forces in mali as they continue their advance against islamist rebels we also spoke to a local reporter gonzalo watcha who told us what he saw on the ground. as we continue moving north we find reports of extrajudicial killings and evidence of war crimes we have heard of the murder of a few citizens by mali and soldiers in the town of survivor not only did they kill

them they shove their bodies into the drinking water well located in the center of the town making the rest of the population watch rules are hearing of cases where people are being prosecuted for trying to earn a living under the ruling militants sixteen year old adama says he was unknowingly employed as a cook and butler by jihadists and is now being accused of terrorism. after i stopped working as a cook in the town of do when i went to surveyor there i met an old man and asked him for a drink of water he said that he won't share water with terrorists i said that i wasn't a terrorist and i was just thirsty then i was put into prison i am no terrorist i didn't even know that i was working with militants i only realized that through the rumors i started hearing it and then when everyone went on to the frontline i was just cooking crude for them no one even talked to me i think persecution is also reportedly becoming widespread in the area arabs until they exist said to be

persecuted on charges of allegedly collaborating with the militants in the government and the french troops are fighting against our contacts in timbuktu also told us that shops belonging to arabs are being looted though the news international consultant and former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament says he's not surprised by the latest developments in mali. what i hear now is how this surprises me i mean that first of all the mali an army does hold a grudge against the people who are lost them from the northern part of the country and secondly the soldiers of very low grade and have very little dominance at set as a they're not really a regular army in that sense there's only. hardly a state apparatus functioning how can you really just have people and examine what they do you can't you just ground in a country like that so the only thing you can do correctly is if you think people might be terrorist is hold them and arrest them and detain them what you certainly

will do is say this is this kind of extra judicial executions but entirely surprise me that this is going on right now this country needs support yes this country needs are well why is it that this help only comes in the form of military invasions that's a basic question usually we should ask ourselves. well there's also fears of sectarian revenge attacks in mali following the french led military campaign war on this as well as images from the conflict torn country are available at r.t. dot com.

the u.s. senate is gearing up for a potentially heated confirmation hearing for the new defense secretary chuck hagel as candidacy is widely viewed as president obama's most controversial pick for a key post during his presidency the decorated war veteran stance of seeing military force as a last resort and pro israeli foreign policy has attracted both admiration and criticism but the latter has been far more vocal to camp reports chuck hagel has been under attack since his name was floated as president obama's pick for the defense secretary position it would see attack ads on all major u.s. t.v. channels saying what it carol defense secretary chuck hagel would be also our december and much of january they've been running these ads you know between the commercials of beauty products prescription drugs and whatnot so somewhere between those you could catch attack ads like this one secretary of defense chuck hagel president

obama says he supports sanctions on iraq voted against legal voted against labeling iran's revolutionary guard a terrorist group and while president obama says all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear iran eagle says military action is not a viable peaceable responsible option president obama or secretary of defense chuck hagel is not a responsible option. that ad was sponsored by the emergency committee for israel so what a truck will do to deserve that as a u.s. senator chuck hagel has been critical of israel's policies he's been critical of the israeli lobby in washington here's what he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because i don't think it's in the interest of israel i just don't think it's smart for israel and of quote among other things chuck hagel dared to say that u.s.

interests should trump israeli interests if they conflict he supported direct negotiations with iran and unlike many other politicians here in washington who keep repeating the all options on the table mantra but these publicly they say that the chuck hagel has been straightforward in saying a strike on iran should not be an option and he has also been a proponent of a more even handed u.s. policy with regards to these really palestinian conflict and the u.s. has been anything but even handed on the issue it's also for statements like this one that he's been under attack take a look this is chuck hagel in two thousand and six the united states will remain committed to defending israel our relationship with israel is a special and historic. but it need not and cannot be at the expense of our arab and muslim relationships. that is an irresponsible and dangerous fault choice some saw president obama's decision to nominate chuck hagel

as his message to these really hard liners we actually heard president obama say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they were seen behind closed doors that defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy with the doxies. coming up this hour alison's returns to a battlefield once more police use the tongs and tear down hundreds of protesters stormed greece's labor ministry over pension cuts. about gary and government prepares to say no to the construction of a new nuclear power plant despite a yes vote in

a recent referendum we asked what's behind the government's staunch opposition. wealthy british sign a long. time to. go. to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports on our. world. money and technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future of coverage. you know sometimes you see

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welcome back you're watching our t. live from the russian capital greece has been hit by another strike as transport workers and doctors protest against austerity measures it comes a day after fierce clashes broke out in athens with police using tear gas to disperse crowds who tried to storm the labor minister's office or george cut the gallows says that this kind of crackdown on protesters is part of a new approach. the government has decided to follow up on lucy of zero tolerance as it say's ideas that is distance to the state to measure us so we have steam the government to take the medicine measures that they are unconstitutional against that he sent it now we have seen to order that were released very

violently against a generally peaceful and calm demonstration where only seem the last three or four weeks i campaign of propaganda try to convince us that it now was it worse has become that there is i don't believe that this is true is exactly because we are following this same set of policies of which thirty minutes of the fourth leave us has condemned greece. of slow death that this recession of the economy going to actually move the economy on a third source other measures followed by a vote where you see some of the population and also attack the socialites i think that as far as what we're following this said that. there's no hope for less. complicated and offering very little relief that's the assessment of the u.k. government's tax policies figures revealed by the taxpayers alliance so the color

the same government has raised twice as many taxes as it cut despite promises to ease the pain artist polly boycott reports by the end of this parliament the u.k. public will have seen cuts to some one hundred and nineteen various taxes that all sounds great but for a government that's promised to create a lower tax country needs that they've actually increased some two hundred ninety nine of this hank says might be somewhat confusing the brits the same going to see an extra levy on carbon dioxide emissions that means energy bills are going to go up they're also going to see an increase in air passenger g.t. which means more expensive and travel. then some of the recent changes to u.k. tax law quite simply bizarre revenue and customs recently increased to be eighty for hair tresses renting a chair in a salon and then who can forget the recent hot baked goods scandal when u.k. tax code stated that

a pastie would only be taxed if it was sold at above ambient temperatures critics say the system is simply too chaotic britain house one of the most complex times. time jobs increases prices and it lowers wages to retirement from these are struggling with the roys in cost of living the idea so many times increases will really make life difficult for them it's clear that the british government is in desperate need of cash to deal with the dismal public finances which means that by trimming a little bit of tax here and adding more tax burden that by twenty fifteen the u.k. treasury hopes to get an extra eighty four billion pounds in tax compared with the year before they came to power but critics say that once again is the british public which ends up out of pocket. artsy london and later today max kaiser and stacey herbert focus on the british government and

the tricks used to distract the public's attention from its financial mis handling . in other news vogue areas government is expected to vote against resuming construction of a new nuclear power plant despite a recent referendum showing public support for the development now the results were invalidated due to a low turnout authorities cite the project's high cost as a reason for scrapping the plans but peter. says the plan would have paid off. the cost of the nuclear power plant very good if you compare this you can compare of for example with the price which you have in turkey with different scenarios you can pay your money back for twelve or fourteen years and you know that the life of this type of characters use a sixty or so in the next forty six or forty eight years you just printing money saw that these are not very logical argument that referendum became too much

politicized there was very strong committed to campaign all the time that varies on the referendum we cannot very clear question even there was a very interesting because statements from the ruling party which they said that there is no sense from referendum or from the referendums at all which is very interesting statement for the democracy. don't forget you can always catch up with more news online including doing it wild west style we've got the story of a gang of russian youngsters who brought a suburban train to a halt but money wasn't what they were looking for all the details and eye witness accounts online for you today. let's find out why in the u.s. good school grades quote on muslim pupils an excuse for a couple minutes prayer during class time.

in egypt the ongoing turmoil has claimed more lives i should say with at least two people shot dead during fresh classes between protesters and police on cairo's tahrir square deadly violence has led to the opposition calling for talks with president morsi but the islamist leader has made it clear a unity government is not an option the announcement came during morsi a visit to berlin where he was willing german chancellor angela merkel hoping to get investment and he planned to visit france max but returned home empty handed blogger and journalists while asking their says if morsi had received european backing the egyptian public outrage would have only increased. i think the public the public will be very upset if foreign countries start lending

a hand to president mohamed morsi while he is executing these very oppressive measures against his people he has cracked down on a lot of freedoms sidelined editors arrested people and justly and i think that. the sentiment in egypt is basically a rejection of mohamed morsi and the monopoly on power that he that he's he has and and it's not so much as mohamed morsi he's he's viewed here as a puppet to the guidance bureau so unless he starts taking control and actually doing the steps taking the country forward towards a democratic transition i think people will not be pleased otherwise. coming up to twenty three minutes past the hour let's take a look at some more international news for you in the u.s. alabama police have surrounded a bunker where a man has been holding a six year old boy captive for more than a day the youngster was kidnapped from a school bus on tuesday after the driver was shot dead the gunman's been identified

as a sixty five year old retired truck driver by neighbors. south korea has warned its neighbors in the north not to carry out more nuclear test a reclusive state says it will carry out a high level test aimed at the u.s. aimed at u.s. response i should say two harsher sanctions from the u.n. handed down after they launched a satellite into space last month and one wednesday south korea itself successfully sent a rocket carrying a satellite into orbit. one of the owners of the brazilian nightclub in which more than two hundred thirty people died in a fire has tried to commit suicide while in custody is sounded so for one of four people arrested after the incident an investigation into the blaze has found evidence the club could have been overcrowded and fire extinguishers weren't functional. the chairman of webb giant google has set out his

vision for the future of the internet in a gloomy forecast eric smith suggests people's i online id could be taken hostage in an online form of kidnapping. has more. the image of a human future liberated by technology and to hunger teleportation and so on just got a reality those from a guy who knows eric schmidt who is worth one point five billion dollars and the chairman of google voiced his views on in the internet and the dangers that lurk within it warned that as technology becomes cheaper and easier to use cyber terrorists could use the web to run a drone war essential nerd in california could fly a drone strike a target in a remote part of the world in fact schmidt says hackers will be known as cyber terrorists could well become the targets of the same drones but it's not only about potential terrorist states and governments can use cyber technology to isolate and distort the lives and periods of their critics call this online ethnic cleansing

moreover a cyber identities that's your online avatar in social networks could be taken hostage for ransom actually there are already cases of hackers remotely blocking personal computers and demanding cash tool or feet cyber identities me soon also form a global black market where users will be able to buy an identity the always dreamed of in real life schmidt also pointed to the record so much of our lives is stored on servers now any past mistakes will be there for all the world to see typically at the worst possible moment when you're applying for that job mortgage making the marriage proposal or running to become president in fact the lives of everyone will be so public turns will have to teach children about cyber safety before safe sex well these are only predictions but smith's depressing vision for the internet is a reminder to be careful whatever you post and do online may bite you back when you

least expect it. scary stuff well that wraps up our main news block coming up in just a couple of minutes it's abby martin and breaking this that. you know i can kind of sort of understand the mindset of an evil dictator i have trouble understanding what is going on or maybe not going on in the minds of the terrified cogs who believe all the propaganda give up all their rights for the illusion of safety to coach jerry seinfeld who are these people well maybe some of them may be working at your local school braindead bureaucracy zombies at a pennsylvania school suspended a kindergartner note kindergartner as a terrorist threat because she threatened to shoot another student with

a gun that shoots soap bubbles i guess this was all a mix up because the girl she wanted to shoot didn't understand that it was in reference to bubbles and not bullets children in kindergarten can often misunderstand things but the administration of the school seems to be no smarter than six year olds immediately going into total panic mode guess what this is hardly the first time that something like this has happened remember the kid who pointed a piece of chicken at a teacher and said bang the thing is that the real terrorism of the event is that the mental sleeves of fear propaganda that work at these schools are raising a generation of children to be just like the somebody shoot me with a bubble gun just my opinion.